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Colorado Central Rail Road Company - version 1 (104811)

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Colorado Central Rail Road Company - version 1 (104811)
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This item SOLD at 2019 May 18 @ 11:33UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Stock Certificate from the Colorado Central Rail Road Company. Incorporated in New York. Certificate number 445 issued in 1878 at Golden to Jay Gould trustee. Signed by WAH Loveland, and E.L. Buitard. Size 10 1 /2" by 7 1/2". Issued and canceled. Nice vignette of train, railroad workers, wagon train, and mountains. Signed by Loveland who a railroad entrepreneur and businessman in the late 19th century. An early resident of Golden when it was the capital of the Colorado Territory, he was one of the founders of the Colorado Central Railroad and a principal figure in the early history of Colorado. issued to and signed by Jay Gould who was a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has been portrayed as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era. The Colorado Central Railroad operated in Colorado and southeastern Wyoming in the late 19th century. It was founded in the Colorado Territory in the wake of the Colorado Gold Rush to ship gold from the mountains. It expanded from its GoldenñDenver line to form a crucial link connecting Colorado with the transcontinental railroad and the national rail network. The history of the railroad throughout the 1870s was driven at times by a fierce struggle between local interests, led by W.A.H. Loveland, and outside investors of the Union Pacific Railroad at times by Jay Gould. Here we have both signatures on this stock certificate.

Date: 1878
City/County: Golden
State: Colorado